Cake or pudding stirrer



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GAKBOR PUDDING STIRRER. 110.461,912. Patented Oot.27,1891.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.N

ANNABELL O. BULL, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

CAKE OR PUDDING STIRRER.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,912, dated October27, 1891u Application led June 8, 1891. Serial No. 395,600. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ANNABELL C. BULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cake or PuddingStirrers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and and useful improvements instirrers, by means of which a stirrer is provided which is simple inconstruction, durable, and cheap in first cost.

More particularly my invention relates to cake and pudding stirrers, butmay be adapted generally for stirring purposes. The essential featuresof my invention consist of two curved horizontally-extending radial armsfixed at a central point-upon a rod and provided with depending fingers,the fingers of the opposite sides set at right angles with each other,this construction constituting the stirrer proper, and the rod to whichit is fixed bearing upward is carried in a frame-Work and is suppliedwith suitable gear-connection to rotate the stirrer, and is providedwith means for fixing the stirrer on the crock or vessel containing theingredients which it may be desired to mix or stir.

That my invention may be more fully understood, reference may be had tothe accompanying drawings, in Whiehy Figure l is a plan View of myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a sectional view ofa vessel withmy improvedstirrer adjusted thereon and depending therein.

J is the vessel upon which the stirring device is fixed by means of thehooked bolts F F', the same bearing through perforations in the bar orframe-work A and threaded at the top to bear the thumb-nut G G, and arecapable of such adjustment as to be applicable to any style of vessel towhich the stirrer may be applied. The bar or frame-workA is providedwith a perforation or opening at its central portion, through whichbears the depending rod H, which rod has Xed thereto at the point justabove the bar A the cog- Wheel O, which bears upon the said bar or araised portion thereof.

D is a cog-wheel provided with a depending rod, Which bears through aperforation in the bar A and projects below, as D, and is provided witha perforation through which the pin f7 is carried, and the cog-Wheel Dis further provided with the crank-arm D',` which has Vthe hand-hold I,the cog-Wheell) being designed to mesh With the cog-Wheel C.

E is a cap carried over a portion of the cogwheel O and designed topartially inclose the same, and is secured to the bar A by means of thescrew a and a suitable tap.

B B are curved radial arms xed to the rod H and bearing outward asuitable distance, and provided with depending fingers equal distancesapart or nearly so, with the central finger Wider than the others andmade in a slightly-curved form, and with the remaining fingers graduatedin length from the center to the respective sides toaccornmodate them tothe circular form of the vessel in which they are designed to berotated.. The central depending finger has below the main finger portiona depending point designed to contact with the bottom of the `vessel inwhich it is contained.

The arms B B are made in Ithe curved form, so that the depending fingershave corresponding circular form, taken together because of theiradjustment upon the arms to resist the tendency of the ingredients whichare desired to be mixed to gravitate toward the sides of the vessel whenthe strrer is rotated, Which would result with the arms straight; butbecause of this construction the stirring process is com plete andthorough an d the same in every part of the vessel, and the dependingfingers upon the respective arms are set at right angles with eachother, so that the fingers on the curved arm B bear forward with theirsides contacting with the ingredients, while the edge of the fingers onthe arm B cuts through the ingredients, thus rendering it more efficientin its working. The lower extremities of the fingers on the curved armsB may be curved forward and form a chisel-edge at their extremities, ifdesired, and the fingers on the arm B may be wedgeshaped and sharpenedat the edge, if so de- IOO sired. In the construction the bar A is provided With a slight rise, upon which the cogwheel D bears, or adepending portion thereof, to prevent an undue amount of friction.

In operation as a cake or pudding stirrer the stirrer proper is firstadjusted Within the vessel containing the ingredients desired to bemiXed, and is ixed upon the same by means of the hook-headed bolts F F',which hold the same in proper adjustment. By rotating the cog-Wheel Dthrough and by means of the arm D and the hand-hold l, the same meshingwith the cog-Wheel C, rotates the same, and as the said cog-wheel isIixed to the rod H, a corresponding rotary motion is conveyed to thesaid shaft, which imparts a rotary motion to the stirrer, thuscompleting the operation of stirring.

If desired, the stirrer may be used in connection with a cake-pan orreceptacle provided With a tube bearing upwardly from the centralportion, and in ease of such use it will be necessary to dispense withthe central finger, and may or may not be provided with a rod dependingthrough the tube to the bottom of the receptacle.

The various parts of my improvement may be made of any suitable materialand may be varied in form or adjustment to suit the application in whichthey may be desired to be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tolsecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cake or pudding stirrer, the bar A, provided with suitableperforations, through which are carried the hook-headed bolts F F',threaded to bear the thumb-taps G G, the cog- Wheels C D, the cog-WheelD having the depending rod D journaled in the frame-Work A, meshing withthe cog-Wheel C, the rod I-I, upon which said Wheel C is keyed, thecurved arms B B, fixed upon the rod H, a series ot' depending lingers BB', secured upon said curved arms, the fingers on the respective curvedarms being set at right angles to each other, all in combination, asdescribed and set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ANNABELL C. BULL.

Witnesses:

WILBERT J. SLEMMoNs, RoBT. S. RANDALL.

